Global Corporate Partnerships Lead

JOB TITLE: Global Corporate Relations Lead
REPORTS TO TITLE: Global Head of Employment & Corporate Relations
BUSINESS FUNCTION/ SUB-FUNCTION: GEDU Group CEO Office
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent

ABOUT GEDU
GEDU (Global Education) is on a mission to transform lives through education and expand access to learning worldwide. With operations in 15 countries—including the US, UK, UAE, Australia, and across Europe—we offer a diverse portfolio of educational opportunities, from PhDs and apprenticeships to language schools and business education.
Our global network supports over 75,000 students across a wide range of disciplines/ sectors (Tech, Financial Services, Hospitality/ Tourism etc). We are committed to delivering exceptional student experiences and employment outcomes, ensuring that education leads to real-world impact and return on investment.
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• GEDU Global
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• English Path
• Global U

About the Global Employment & Corporate Relations Team
As GEDU continues its global expansion, we are building a dynamic Global Employment & Corporate Relations team to lead our “global strategy with local roots.” This team will drive employment innovation across our all institutions, focusing on:
• Global Strategy Development: Create and implement a global employment framework for diverse educational needs.
• Partnership Building: Establish strategic collaborations with employers, industry partners and professional networks.
• Curriculum Integration: Work with academic leaders to incorporate employment skills into programmes globally.
• Program Oversight: Ensure the delivery of consistent employment initiatives worldwide.
• Career Services Leadership: Guide teams in providing career counselling, internships, and graduate jobs for our students.
• Alumni Engagement: Develop programmes to enhance alumni career growth, job opportunities and mentorship.
• Market Analysis: Monitor global employment trends to refine employment strategies.
• Performance Monitoring: Define and track KPIs to measure employment initiatives' effectiveness.
• Innovation and Technology: Utilize innovative tools to improve career development processes.

ROLE PURPOSE
Global Corporate Relations Lead will play a strategic role to build and manage GEDU’s global employer ecosystem. You will lead the development of strategic global partnerships with employers, professional bodies, and industry networks to co-create impactful career pathways, experiential learning opportunities, and curriculum enhancements. You will ensure employer voice is embedded across GEDU’s employment strategy, from programme design to delivery, and foster long-term relationships that drive student outcomes and institutional reputation. In conjunction with the Global Head of Employment and Corporate Relations you will design and deliver a global scalable employer partnerships and industry relations strategy (focusing on targeted outreach, value proposition, partnership tiers, events and networking, programme co-design and alumni network).

ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Employer Partnership Development 
• Establish and manage strategic employer partnerships across target sectors and regions (e.g. tech, finance, healthcare).
• Develop strategic engagement plans/ toolkits to engage with and attract key employers, industry bodies and other partners.
• Build and maintain a centralised CRM of employer contacts and engagement history.
2. Co-Creation & Programme Innovation and Driving Commercial Growth
• Co-create programmes with employers, including apprenticeships, certifications and experiential learning modules.
• Collaborate with academic teams to embed employer input into curriculum design.
• Lead the development of employer-led bootcamps, guest lectures, and live projects.
• Deliver custom B2B training through existing GEDU programmes and apprenticeships as well as bespoke executive education solutions.
3. Industry Advisory Boards
• Establish and manage global industry advisory boards.
• Facilitate regular engagement to gather insights and feedback on market trends, skills gaps and programme relevance.
• Ensure advisory board input informs strategic decisions and curriculum updates.
• Create global toolkits to support local teams’ activities and share best practice.
4. Events & Engagement
• Manage global employer participation in career fairs, networking events, and panel discussions.
• Develop a global calendar of key employer engagement activities.
• Ensure consistent branding and experience across all GEDU campuses.
5. Alumni Programme
• Design and lead the best-in-class global alumni strategy, programme and initiatives that create opportunities for mentoring, networking, and job placements across student and graduate communities.

6.Collaboration & Integration
• Work closely with the Global Student Employment Journey Lead to ensure employer data and insights are integrated across systems and touchpoints.
• Partner with local/ brand teams to support regional employer engagement and relationship management.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
• Relevant experience e.g. partnership, recruitment agency, corporate (early careers recruiting and programmes) and student employment experience. 
• Proven experience of corporate partnerships and professional networks. A network of existing employer contacts and experience in engaging alumni communities. 
• Employer Engagement Strategy: Ability to build and manage strategic employer partnerships across sectors and geographies.
• Programme Co-Creation: Experience in designing employer-led initiatives, including apprenticeships, certifications, and experiential learning.
• Industry Insight & Advisory Leadership: Skilled in facilitating advisory boards and translating industry feedback into actionable programme enhancements.
• Event & Relationship Management: Strong background in creating and coordinating employer events and maintaining long-term relationships.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Ability to work across academic, operational, and regional teams to align employer engagement with institutional goals.
• Innovation & Responsiveness: Capacity to respond to evolving job market trends and employer needs with agile, student-focused solutions.
• Global Team Leadership: Experience leading cross-cultural teams and managing complex stakeholder environments.
• Impact Measurement: Skilled in defining and tracking KPIs to evaluate partnership effectiveness and inform strategic decisions.

DIGITAL SKILLS & DATA MANAGEMENT
• Proficiency in modern digital tools, including Office 365, CRM/database systems, and employability analytics platforms. 
• Platform Ownership & Optimisation: Lead review and implementation of global platforms. Ensure platforms are scalable, compliant, and integrated. Act as global super-user and liaison with IT vendors.
• CRM & Data Utilisation: Familiarity with CRM systems and data-driven approaches to employer relationship management.
• Data Governance: Define global data taxonomy, field standards, and flow for key data. Maintain a single source of truth for employment data. Ensure secure, GDPR-compliant data handling.
• Analytics, Dashboards & Reporting: Build real-time dashboards tracking key students and employers’ information and set/ manage global vs. local KPI-s. Analyse performance trends and recommend improvements.

QUALIFICATIONS
• Bachelor’s degree.

OTHER INFORMATION:
• The postholder will also be expected to demonstrate their commitment:
• to GEDU’s values and regulations, including equal opportunities policy.
• the GEDU’s Social, Economic and Environmental responsibilities and minimise environmental impact in the performance of the role and actively contribute to the delivery of GEDU’s Environmental Policy.
• to their Health and Safety responsibilities to ensure their contribution to a safe and secure working environment for staff, students, and other visitors to the campus.
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or be assigned.